David Sanchez Jimenez

David Sanchez Jimenez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at City Tech CUNY, School of Arts & Sciences. He specializes in Spanish Applied Linguistics, focusing on academic discourse analysis, intercultural rhetoric, and Spanish language teaching.

• Ph.D., Universidad Antonio de Nebrija: Applied Linguistics (Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language)
• M.A., Universidad de Salamanca: Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language
• B.A., Universidad de Salamanca: Spanish Philology

His research explores:

• Academic text composition by non-native Spanish postgraduate students
• Rhetorical functions of citations in academic writing
• Intercultural rhetoric and gender analysis
• Heritage language learners' written production
• Authorial voice construction and metadiscourse
• Politeness and persuasion in academic Spanish

Recent publications analyze cross-linguistic citation patterns, metadiscourse in Spanish academic writing, and intercultural communication challenges. He teaches courses ranging from elementary Spanish to advanced academic communication for heritage speakers.